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Uryū
雨竜町 | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 43°39′N 141°53′E / 43.650°N 141.883°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Hokkaido |
Prefecture | Hokkaido ( Sorachi Subprefecture) |
District | Uryū |
Area | |
• Total | 190.91 km2 (73.71 sq mi) |
Population (October 1, 2020) | |
• Total | 2,389 |
• Density | 13/km2 (32/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 ( JST) |
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Uryū (雨竜町, Uryū-chō) is a town located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of 1 October 2020, the town has an estimated population of 2,389, and a density of 12.5 persons per km2. The total area is 190.91 square kilometres (73.71 sq mi). [1]
The name of the town is from the Ainu language, but the origin of name has been lost. Urir-o-pet, one possibility, means " cormorant river". [1]
In Japanese, the name of the town is written with ateji, or kanji characters used to phonetically represent native or borrowed words. The first, 雨, means "rain", and the second, 竜, means " dragon".